Mick Hartley

"…Galloway suggests that allegations of sexual harassment and assault are used to "silence dissidents". Never forget that less than a year ago this shameless opportunist was supported by the "daily paper of the British left" the Morning Star to win the Rochdale by-election and soon after was fawned over in a long interview with Novara Media's Aaron Bastani in which he admitted he did not support LGBT equality as gay people were "not normal" (Bastani, who only after the negative public reaction to Galloway's comments became clear issued a statement dissociating himself from the wannabee Trump, had merely demurred that a better description might be "not typical"). None of this should really be a shock given Galloway's record and politics. But he has clearly sniffed which way the wind is blowing, i.e to the populist, misogynistic and pseudo-religious far right, and like RFK Jnr he wants a slice of the action."